Lens-mount for eyeglasses.



L. ADT. LENS MOUNT FOB. EYEGLASSES. APLoATIoN FILED MAB.. 2s, 1905.

Patente@ July 19,1910.

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' LENS-MOUNT 350B, EYEGLASSES.

Speceetion of letters Patent.

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Application filed March 23, 1905. Serial ii'o, 251,579.

To all `whom i may cof/warn:

Be it known that I, Leo I". An'r, of T roy, in thecounty` of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lens-Mounts for Eyeglasses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact de scription of the saine, i'ei'erenceibeing had to the accompanyingdrawings,` forming a vpart or' this specication, and to thereference-nu.- merals marked thereon. f.

The object of my `present invention is to provide an improved Vand inexpensive lens mount vfor-"use in attaching the bridge, guards and other parts comprising the inountiirgs oteycglasses and spectacles to the lenses,`\`vhereby lenses varying' considerably intliickness may/be readily acconiinodated without the inconvenience and eX- pense of keeping on hand `a large supply of parts having lens-attaching portions ot' varil lenses.

To these and other ends the invention ccnsists incertain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, the novel .featuresbeing pointed outin the claims at the end ot the specification.

In the drawingzligure l is ay vieW of a pair of eyeglasses, the mounting ot Whicliiis provided with lens mounts constructed in accordance with nly invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the `mount removed from the lens and mounting; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lens mount and a portion et Ya lens;

ligs. 4 and`5 are detail views in elevation and plan respectively, showing .the lens mounts ,adapted for attaching the temple clasps ofspectac-les to the lenses; and Figs. 6 and 7 are diagrams of the blanks 'from vwhich fthe lens n'ioi'ints for eyeglasses such as shoivn in Figs. l, 2 and 3, and those for spectacles as shovvn in Figs. l [and 5, respectively may be toi-ined.

The same numerals of reference'in the several gures indicate similar parts.

In Figs. l, 2 and 3 I have shown the preferred form of my invention applied to the well known type oteyeglasses comprising` the lenses l connected by the bridge spring 2 and provided with the nose guards for engaging the wearer-s nose.

The improved lens mounts for connecting' the spring,` and guards to the lenses embody in the resent instance, a central portion 4 adapte 'to receive the spring and guard at- `l taching box 5 by soldering or otherwise, and the arms 6 and 7 extend laterally sub stantially at right angles from the forward and rear ends of the portion fl, for a given distance, and are then bent so as tocross one above the other and :term bearing sur-` faces for the lens edge which it desired may be enlarged by the upper and lower eXtensions 8 and 9 forming lens edge bearing ears. The ends of the arms 6 and 7 are again bent substantially parallelv with 'the lenses to form the attaching arms l() and 'il bearing on the opposite faces of the lens and provided with apertures to4 receive the usual` screw or other fastening device l2. 'This storm of the mounting may be readily bent into shape from a blank punched from .sheet material such as that shown in 6, `the box or other device for attachinfr the attaching ears and 'secured by the pin l5 in.

the lusual Way; and in attaching the bridge to the mounts the bridge-ends may be so dered or otherwise attached to the central portion of the mount formed similarly to that shown in Fig. 2.

In forming the mounts to receive the temple clasps, a blank punched from sheet material having substantially the shape shown in Fig. 7 may be employed, in which case the ears 13 and ll arranged laterally thereoi` are bent up parallel and subst/air tially at right angles to the body ot the blank. f

Lens mounts constructed in accordance with my invention may loe readily'adjusted to accommodate lenses of varyinlg :thicknesses in such a. Way that the iastening Bil screw apertures of the mount and of the lens may be brought into register and the bearing` portions tor engaging the lens edge will remain firmly in contact with the lens, the

edge hearing; ears being provided or omitted as desired, for by looping the arms in the manner described and crossing them so that their attaching portions will enga e upon the reverse sides of the lens, an amp e length of material is supplied to these arms to enable the optician to bend them relatively to each other in a direction transversely of the lens to separate the attaching lugs to accommodate lenses of dilerent thicknesses without disturbing the register between the a rtures of the attaching lugs and that of t e lens, nor will it change the relation between these apertures and the lens-edgev bearing shoulders. l

As it is preferable generally `to adjust both of the arms to vary the vspace betweeny the attaching lugs, the lenses will always be' positioned centrally of the mount instead of at one side thereof, and forces tending4 to bend the lenses laterally as i'vell as vertically will be efectually resisted by these crossed arms.

Lens mounts constructed in accordance vwith my invention Whether they are to be applied to eyeglasses or spectacles, may be readil manufactured from blanks ofvsheet material, and the cost of production is relatively small.

I claim as my invention:

1;. In eyeglasses and spectacles, a lens mount embodying a looped portion having its arms crossed and arranged to clamp against the opposite faces of a lens.

2. In eyeglasses and spectacles, a lens A mount embodying a looped portion having its arms crossed and formed to engage the opposite surfaces of a lens, intermediate portions of the arms forming bearing snrfaces for the lens edge.

3. In eyeglasses and spectacles, a lens mount embodying a body portion having arms crossed one above the other andliaving lateral extensions forming bearing surfaces for the lens edge, the ends of the arms" forme ing attaching' lugs for the lens. v

4. In eyeglasses and spectacles, the com bination with a lens having an aperture near the edge, of a lens mount comprisingr 'a body portion and the apertnred attachin arms for engaging the opposite faces ot' a ens, the arms being crossed intermediate the body portion and their points of attachment, and. capable of beingadjustcdin a.

direction transversely of the lens, and a fastening device passing throngh the apertures of the arms and lens.

.5. In' eyeglasses and spectacles, the combination with a lens, 'of a lens mount comprisimgr a body portion having a connection or eyeglass or spectacle inountings, arms esa-,vea

bination With a lens, of a lens mount comprisingir a body portion, and arms connected to the body portion crossing each other and engaging on the reverse faces of the lens, and a fastening device for drawing the attaching portions of the arm's against the lens faces.

7. ln eyeglasses and spectacles, a lens mount composed of pliable flat material comprising a looped body portion having crossed arms arranged edgewise of the material, and attaching lugs formed by bending the arms flatwise and arranged to engage the lens faces.

8. lin eyeglasses and spectacles, a lens mount formed of a blank of sheet material comprising a .body portion having arms extending' in opposite directions therefrom and provided at their extremities with attaching lugs, and oifsetlens edge-bearing extensions at opposite sides of the said arms.

9. ln eyeglasses or spectacles, a lens mount embodying a looped portion having an attachingarm at each end, said arms being arranged to cooperate with opposite faces of a lens and lexis bearing' portions, one extending from each arm of the loop at an intcrinediate noint thereof.

l0. ln eyeglasses or spectacles, a lens mount embodyingr a looped portion having an attaching arm at each end, said arms being arranged to coperate with opposite faces of a lens and a lens edge bearing portion at an intermediate point on each arm of thc loop.

l1. In eyeglasses or spectacles, 'a lens mount comprising a central poi-lion and any arm entendida,T laterally from each end of the central portion and cach carryingr a lens edge bearing portion and an attaching arm, the attaching arms being arranged to cooperate with op )osite faces of a lens.

l2. A blank or lens mounting compris`- ing a central portion, ears extending troni opposite sides thereof and arms extending from the central portion and each having a lcns-cdgre bearing,r portion and a lens attachinplr arm, the lens attaching arms being.,r adapted to copcrate with the opposite faces ot a lens.

Minimal. F. OCoNNon, H. D. BAiLnr.

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